trestletree

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noun

One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top.

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Meanings

nountrestletree (plural trestletrees)

plural trestletrees

  1. nauticalOne of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top.

    For, besides one of the bibs being defective, the larboard trestletree, and one of the cross-trees were sprung

    1813, William Fordyce Mavor, Cook's 3rd Voyage

Origin

From trestle + tree.

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APA

trestletree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trestletree

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“trestletree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trestletree. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trestletree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trestletree.

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